People v. Whitney

Respondents were convicted upon an information charging that they—

“Heretofore, to wit, on the 27th day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, at the village of Plainwell, in Allegan county, did then and there unlawfully keep a saloon and place where vinous, malt, brewed, fermented, spirituous, and intoxicating liquors, and mixed liquors and beverages, a part of which was intoxicating, were sold, stored for sale, and furnished as a beverage; they, the said Charles E. Whitney and Ellis Aldrich, not selling, storing for sale, or furnishing such liquors as a druggist or…